Improvement in reversible handles for children s carriages



F. W. WHITNEY;

QQB QQQQ R SIiBLE HANDLES FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES. No. 176,155. Patented Apr'1118, 1876.

N, PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGHAPHER, WASHINGTON. n c.

UN TED STATES.

PATENT QFFWE.

FRANCIS W. WHITNEY, OF LEO MINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO F. A. WHITNEY CARRIAGE COMPANY, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN REVERSIBLE HANDLES FOR CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l76,l55, dated April 18, 1876 application filed- March 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. WHITNEY, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mode of Attaching the Handles to Childrens Carriages; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents,in perspective, the handles and devices used to connect them to the axles and reaches of a childs carriage. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the same devices, drawn in full lines as attached to the rear axle, and in dotted lines to the front axle. Fig. 3 represents, in perspective, the braces by which the handles are connected together, and to the axles of the carriage.

My invention relates, first, to certain devices attached to the front and rear axles and the reaches of childrens carriages in connection with the handles, by which said hair dles can be conveniently and promptly attached to the front or rear of the carriage, as may be desired. It also relates to a springlatch lever pivoted to the braces of the bandles, in connection with hasps attached to the reaches of childrens carriages, to unite the parts securely together. It also relates to the braces used in connection with the handles, to unite them near their lower extremities, said braces having hooks to engage with eyes attached to the front and rear axles.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same, with reference to the drawings.

The handles of a childs carriage are represented at A. They are united at their upper extremity by a transverse bar, a, and at their lower extremity by metallic braces, cast pref' erably in one piece, as shown in Fig. 3. These braces arein the form of two longitudinal bars, B, bolted on the handles A at b, and united byatransverse bar,U,that is strengthened by two diagonal braces, c, that are also connected by braces cl and e, the brace b being channeled plate Z, attached to the extremity of the spring latch-lever D, engage and retain .it securely. Thelatch-lever D is pivoted to the transverse bar 0 by means of the retainingstaple m attached to the lower side of it, and secured by the braces n, that are also pivoted to the handles A at p, in line with the transverse bar 0. The eyes hareplaced at the same distance apart under tbefront and rear axles, so that the books 9 on the end of the handles will engage with them as readily when the handles A are applied to the rear or front axles of the carriage, and the projectiens k of the hasp G being placed at or near the centers of the reaches. F, thelatchinglever 1) will engage as well with them when the handles are in the front as in the rear of the carriage.

When it is desired to remove the handles from the location shown in Fig. 1, the handles A are slightly lifted, and pressure is applied upon the outer end of the latch-lever D, that is pivoted at G, thus releasing the platet at the opposite end from the ha-sp G, and the upper extremity of the handles is lowered until the hooks g aredisengaged from the eyes h. When it is desired to attach the handles of the carriage, either front or back,the hooks are passed through the eyes h, and the haudlcs A are raised until the lever D is securely latched over the projections k. The free end of the sprin bearing against the brace 07, presses the leverl) down upon the projections it, while the feet'i on the lower end of the handles keep them from reaching too far forward. By this arrangement of the handles the carriag s can be made to occupy much less space in transportation, as the handles can be removed, and the latch-lever be reversed so as to lie out of the way between the handles.

the projection k, placed at or near the center of the reaches F, the latch-lever D, constructedsubstantiallyas and for the purpose described.

3. In combination with the handles A, reaches F, and the front orrear axles of a childs carriage, having eyes h, the braces 13 1O e to connect said handles, substantially in the manner andfor the purposerspeeified.

FRANCIS W. WHITNEY.

Witnesses:

G. H. MERRIAM, E. W. SAWYER. 

